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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The more assets the Patriots lose this season, the better they seem to play.New England entered Week 3 of Tom Bradys four-game Deflategate suspension down to just one healthy full-time quarterback following backup Jimmy Garoppolos shoulder injury last week against Miami.But not even one of the NFLs top-ranked defenses could slow down a Patriots train that has barely missed a beat while getting off to a 3-0 start.The latest exhibition was a 27-0 dismantling of the Houston Texans (2-1), a team that suddenly looked very pedestrian.We really asked a lot out of the team this week -- they responded, Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. Just really proud of the way our guys competed.Belichick rolled the dice by not adding another quarterback to the roster during the short week, and the trust he had in rookie Jacoby Brissett proved to be spot on .Brissett began the season as the third-string quarterback behind Brady and Garoppolo. He trotted out on the field Thursday as the first rookie start for the Patriots since Drew Bledsoe in 1993.He didnt have a stats-rich game, but was composed and made plays when it counted. He finished the night 11 of 19 for 103 yards, and ran eight times for 48 yards and a touchdown.You just always want to be ready and we have a great team, so players just welcome you no matter who is in the huddle, Brissett said. At any moment in the game no one wavered, no one flinched, and the results proved themselves with what our team did tonight.Under Belichick, quarterbacks are 6-0 in their first career start.The Patriots have 10 days to recuperate, with only a game against Buffalo (0-2) on Oct. 2 remains before Brady could inexplicably return to a 4-0 team.Meanwhile a Texans team that looked so promising after wins over Chicago and Kansas City, was lethargic in all three phases.But Houston coach Bill OBrien said its much too early to panic.Losing is horrible. I mean its absolutely horrible, he said. There is nothing really in my mind that comes out good, but what I will say is that there is a resilient team in that locker room. These guys work hard. ...There is a lot of season left. We havent even played a division game.GRONKS DAY: Rob Gronkowski finally made his 2016 debut after sitting out the first two weeks of the season nursing a sore hamstring. He wasnt his normal self by any means. He played 14 snaps and was targeted just one time. It was the first time he appeared in a regular-season game and went without a catch.I got to get my feet wet, he said. It felt great just to get out there. I blocked the whole time, but it feels great just playing football again.WATTS UP?: J.J. Watt was a non-factor one a week after he had 1 1/2 sacks and seemed to be on his way back to the form that won him the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award last season. Watt assisted on just two tackles in the game, and the Texans were only able to sack Brissett once in the game, for a loss of 6 yards.They never really put him in a situation where he had to be throwing the ball too much, Watt said. They did a great job at the run game, and did a great job all around and he played well being in a tough situation.Watt is 0-5 (including one playoff game) against the Patriots, recording only a 1/2 sack in those contests.VERY SPECIAL TEAMS: Belichick has always been a stickler about special teams. It paid off big time on Thursday. New England forced and recovered two fumbles on Texans kickoffs that led to 14 points. Brandon Bolden forced the first one in the first quarter, which was scooped up by Duron Harmon on Houstons 22 to set up Brissetts touchdown run. Later in the third quarter Nate Ebner forced another fumble that was recovered by Jordan Richards on the Texans 21. It set up a 1-yard score by LeGarrette Blount.GROUND GAME: Blount has scored touchdowns in all three games this season. He ran 24 times for 105 yards and two touchdowns, including the 41-yarder in the fourth quarter to give New England a 27-0 lead Thursday. Its the third time in his career he has had back-to-back 100-yard games, and the first time since 2011. Blount also had a 1-yard TD run in the third quarter.LEAPING WITH LAMBEAU: With the win, Belichick tied Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame coach Curly Lambeau for fourth on the NFLs all-time list with 226 regular-season victories.You know how much respect I have for Curly Lambeau and what he accomplished in his great career, but really todays not about me, Belichick said. This is about our team. ... 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Indiana Pacers star Paul George has two missions at the Rio Olympics: Win his first gold medal and lift the spirits of fallen French gymnast Samir Ait Said.Between his 15- and 20-point performances in the Americans first two basketball victories in these Olympics, George was watching on television when Ait Said suffered a gruesome leg injury reminiscent of the compound fracture George suffered in Las Vegas on Aug. 1, 2014, in a Team USA scrimmage.Following Team USAs 44-point victory Monday night over Venezuela, George repeated his vow to build a friendship with the gymnast and to use himself as an example of an athlete who can make a full recovery from such a catastrophic fall.At some point ?Im going to go over there and have a chat with him, sit down with him, try to be an inspiration to him, George said. I know what its like going through it. Hopefully any words I can give is useful for him.Attempts to set up a meeting Monday had to be postponed because of Team USAs game-day schedule, but George has been talking for days about the ppainful sight of Ait Said breaking his left leg after an awkward landing after two backward flips.ddddddddddddIt would be an easy story to tell, George said of the message he plans to give Ait Said. I came back stronger and better for it. For his case, hopefully hes more athletic and its a story that, as well as mine, can inspire as well.Its all about encouragement, keeping his head into it. I know for him its tough, an Olympian, a gymnast, their window is just as small as ours. Hes probably been training his whole life for this opportunity. I will definitely be in his corner for him.?When Said was initially injured, George posted a consoling message on Twitter.George missed all but six games of the 2014-15 season in the wake of his injury before returning with a real flourish last season, earning his third career All-Star selection, averaging 23.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists in leading the Pacers to the playoffs. ' ' '